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4 May 2009

Events News

Latest GibbsCAM 5-Axis Exhibited at EASTEC 2009

Gibbs and Associates announced that it will demonstrate new enhancements to the 5-axis module of GibbsCAM 2009 at EASTEC 2009 in exhibit #5429, at the Eastern States Exposition Grounds in West Springfield, MA from May 19-21, 2009.

“The new features and enhancements within our 5-axis module provide greater flexibility and productivity in using multi-axis machines,” says Bill Gibbs, founder and president of Gibbs and Associates. “The latest enhancements accommodate the increasing number of machinists who choose 5-axis machining to reduce set-ups and overall machining time and those manufacturers whose jobs require 5-axis strictly because of part geometry. In addition to the overall improvements, users will find that enhancements to the postprocessors extend support to drive all 5-axis machines with rotary heads.”

The general machining capabilities of the GibbsCAM 5-axis Module are:

•  Multi-surface 5-axis roughing and finishing

•  Multi-surface 5-axis flow line machining

•  Surface edge 5-axis swarf cutting (typically for trimming vacuum-formed parts)

•  Adaptable interface, based upon part type strategy, shows only what is needed

•  Advanced gouge checking to ensure safe cuts even in most complex operations

•  Complete control of entry, exit, cut-to-cut and between-cut motion

•  5-axis depth cuts machining

•  Integration with GibbsCAM Machine Simulation module for complete toolpath verification and simulation of all the machine’s moving components

Enhancements for 2009 Version 9.3

•  Additional tilting options for tool axis control, including tilt relative to impeller machining layer

•  Advanced options for gouge checking, to include or exclude selected segments of toolpath, enabling toolpath trimming before first collision and after last collision

•  New sorting options for better control of passes in roughing operations

•  Added ability to flip arcs on lead-in and lead-out for links

•  5-axis work area angular axis limits

•  Roughing enhancements, including a redesign of the Translate/Rotate dialog with new options

•  New roughing option that changes cut direction with each pass

•  New options for spiral machining cutting method for surface path creation

•  New surface edge handling options for surface path creation

•  Improved impeller roughing with new options for toolpath trimming, extension, smoothing and depth of cuts

•  Adaptive cuts (for variable step-over cuts)

•  New Damp feature for toolpath control to inhibit tool motion along tool axis at or near corners

GibbsCAM 2009 5-axis is shipping throughout the first quarter of 2009, including the international version, with localized User Interface in seventeen languages and localized documentation in six of the seventeen supported languages.

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